Monovision | 1930

The Wild Beast | Raoul Dufy, 1951

French Fauvist Raoul Dufy, 1951.

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

The Impermanence of Lovers | Ingrid & Roberto, 1949

Scenes from a love affair, Ingrid Bergman and Robert Rossellini, 1949.

Views from HDV Beverly | 2009

Hotel De Ville on Beverly Boulevard

Turtleneck Swimsuits & Underwater Berets of 1969

Well covered up in black, these suits make a stylish show in front of The Jail, local hangout where kids go to dance after a day in the sun. At left is a simple knit (Cole, $33) worn with watergoing beret (Kleinert's, $4). High-neck suit at right has a primly ruffled collar (Bill-Blass-Roxanne, $35), which detaches.

Get In On Thin | Silva Smokes, 1969

Goggles Week | British Invasion, 1943

British pilots using dark goggles to achieve better night vision before embarking on a bombing mission.

Goggles Week | For Your Safety? 1943

Two courageous women modeling safety garb to prevent future occupational accidents among female war workers; brunette on the left wearing uniform & plastic eye goggles & blonde on the right opening her uniform to reveal a sturdy plastic bra.

Goggles Week | These Are Really Weird, 1947

Super Weird Ski Goggles, 1947

Goggles Week | Visions of Future Past, 1947

Sci-fi looking ski goggles, 1947.

Goggles Week | Girl with Mittens, 1947

A well-knit woman with sun goggles for skiing, 1947.

Ancestral Steampunk | Eyewear of 1500

Eyewear created for cross-eyed medieval humans, circa 1500. So fab!

Bette Davis Eyes | 1947 v.s. 1981

Bette Davis in Sunglasses, 1947

She'll expose you, when she snows you
Off your feet with the crumbs she throws you
She's ferocious and she knows just
What it takes to make a pro blush
All the boys think she's a spy
She's got Bette Davis eyes

-Excerpt from Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes, 1981

Kidnapped in Crystal | Peter Lorenz, 1948

Head of Junge Union Peter Lorenz, wearing glasses in 1948. Nearly thirty years later, in 1975, Lorenz was candidate for mayor of West Berlin when he was kidnapped by the terrorist group Movement 2 June three days before the elections. The terrorists demanded a release of several imprisoned group members. After the militants had been flown out to South Yemen, Lorenz was set free with change to call a cab. Ich gratuliere, Peter! HDV hopes the glasses made it through uncompromised.

Feeling Peckish | Gregory in Goggles, 1950

Gregory Peck costumed as WWII American Air Forces bomber pilot for movie Twelve O'Clock High. This film is frequently cited by surviving bomber crewmembers as the only accurate depiction from Hollywood of their life during the war. Twelve O'Clock High premiered in Los Angeles December 21, 1949. Peck was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of Brigadier General Frank Savage.

Bachelor No. 1 | Dolphin, Fez, & Eyewear of 1950

L.A. Bachelor costumed For the Annual Ball.

La Marque du Tueur | Seijun Suzuki, 1967

Branded to Kill, 1967

Art Raises Its Head | Edith in Hollywood, 1955

Movie costume designer Edith Head, in signature sunglasses, standing behind dressmaker's model and holding up dotted black tulle in front of her, in her studio. Head was a very private woman, a trait well illustrated by the dark sunglasses that became her trademark.

Originally the lenses were blue, but later they were dark shades of gray. Originally, they were worn to see how the clothing would appear in black and white. The glasses and her unchanging hair style helped her to hide her true age. In the 1920s, she wore a Colleen Moore Dutch boy cut, but in the 1930s she noticed Anna May Wong's style and copied it: flat bangs with a chignon at the back. She would wear it for the rest of her life. These features and the consistency of her appearance over the decades helped make her an instantly recognised figure.

Reality Used to Be a Friend of Mine | PM Dawn, 1991

Careless whisper from a careless man,
A neutron dance for a neutron fan;
Marionette strings are dangerous things,
I thought of all the trouble they bring.
An eye for an eye, a spy for a spy,
Rubber bands expand in a frustrating sigh.
Tell me that shes not dreaming.
Shes got an ace in the hole,
It doesnt have meaning.

Reality used to be a friend of mine,
cause complete control, I dont take too kind.
Christina applegate, you gotta put me on.
Guess whos piece of the cake is jack gone?
She broke her wishbone and wished for a sign.
I told her whispers in my heart were fine.
What did she think she could do?
I feel for her, I really do.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Warren Oates' Sunglassed Shoot-Out, 1974

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 1974. Warren Oates in sunglasses for at least 75% of film.

Intergalactic Aviators | Space is the Place

Excerpt from Sun Ra's sci-fi jazz odyssey Space is the Place, 1974.

Beatniks are out to make it rich | Julie Driscoll and the Psychadelic Eye, 1968

When I look out my window,
So many sights to see...

And when I look in my window,
So many different people to be
That it's strange, so strange...

You've got to pick up every stitch,
You've got to pick up every stitch,
You've got to pick up every stitch,

Mmmmm, must be the season of the witch,
Must be the season of the witch, yeah,
Must be the season of the witch...